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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
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CHAPTER 15
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Pilate decrees the death of Jesus—He is mocked and crucified between two thieves—He dies and is buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea.
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And</span> straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried <i>him</i> away, and delivered <i>him</i> to Pilate.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Trials of.">Pilate</a> asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews?  And he answering said unto him, <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/15/2b" mark="b" type="H" title="JST Mark 15: 4  . . .  I am, even as thou sayest.">Thou</a> sayest <i>it.</i>
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And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 53: 7 (7-8); Mosiah 14: 7 (6-8).">answered</a> nothing.
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And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?  behold how many things they witness against thee.
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But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
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Now at <i>that</i> feast he <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR usually released.">released</a> unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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And there was <i>one</i> named Barabbas, <i>which lay</i> bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
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And the multitude crying aloud began to desire <i>him to do</i> as he had ever done unto them.
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But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 23: 22 (17-25).">King</a> of the Jews?
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For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Envy.">envy</a>.
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But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
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And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do <i>unto him</i> whom ye call the King of the Jews?
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And they cried out again, Crucify him.
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Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done?  And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
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&#182; And <i>so</i> Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged <i>him,</i> to be crucified.
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And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
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And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Trial of.">thorns</a>, and put it about his <i>head,</i>
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And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
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And they <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 11: 32.">smote</a> him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing <i>their</i> knees worshipped him.
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And when they had <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Mocking.">mocked</a> him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
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And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
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And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
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And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received <i>it</i> not.
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And when they had crucified him, they parted his <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 22: 18.">garments</a>, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
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And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
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And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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And with him they crucify two <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 14: 9.">thieves</a>; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
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And the scripture was <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 53: 12.">fulfilled</a>, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
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And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest <i>it</i> in three days,
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Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
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Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
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Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.  And they that were crucified with him <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/32a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Malice; TG Reviling.">reviled</a> him.
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And when the sixth hour was come, there was <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/33a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Darkness, Physical.">darkness</a> over the whole land until the ninth hour.
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/34a" mark="a" type="D" title="Aramaic: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?.">Eloi</a>, Eloi, lama sabachthani?  which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/15/34b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of.">forsaken</a> me?
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And some of them that stood by, when they heard <i>it,</i> said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
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And one ran and filled a spunge full of <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/36a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 69: 21.">vinegar</a>, and put <i>it</i> on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
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And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/37a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spirits, Disembodied.">ghost</a>.
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And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
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&#182; And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
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There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
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(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
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&#182; And now when the even was come, because it was the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/42a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Passover.">preparation</a>, that is, the day before the sabbath,
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Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/43a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Counselors.">counsellor</a>, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/15/43b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR requested, desired.">craved</a> the body of Jesus.
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And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling <i>unto him</i> the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
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And when he knew <i>it</i> of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
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And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/15/46a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 14: 9.">sepulchre</a> which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
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And Mary Magdalene and Mary <i>the mother</i> of Joses beheld where he was laid.
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